I ONE NEWS NOTES September birthdays
Bucket Brigade Saves
Dobbyns Farm Home
Heppner Gazette Times, October 1, 19423
By Mrs. Elmer Griffith
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dobyns and
Mr. and Mrs. Noel Dobyns narrowly
escaped the loss of their home by
fire last Saturday evening. The fire
originated in the basement of their
ranch house in Eight Mile and when
discovered by Mrs. Walter Dobyns,
who heard the strange noise, it had
made such headway that by the time
it was extinguished all the overhead
woodwork was charred and all in
sulation on the electric light wires
was burned off. Apparently the
fire started in the woodbox beside
a stove which had not been used
for a long time but the work of the
"bucket brigade" saved the building.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Coats of Port
land and Mrs. Costs' daughter, Ma
rianne Corley, spent the week-end
here. Miss Corley is almost recov
ered from injuries she sustained in
an auto wreck here last spring. They
were accompanied by Mrs. Cole
Smith of The Dalles, who used to
live here. She attended churh here
and met many "bid friends.
Mr, and Mirs. J. E. Swnnson re
turned from Portland where Mr.
Swanson has been receiving medi
cal attention. Their daughter, Miss
Eva, drove them home. "
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence E. Linn
spent Monday night at the. J. P.
Linn home. Private Linn is stationed
at Bremerton.
The Union Missionary Society will
meet this Thursday, with Mesdames
H. V. Smouse and Minnie Forbes as
hostesses.
A dinner was served at the church
parlors of the Congregational church
Friday evening, honoring the new
teachers and their families.
Mrs. Ida Peterson's new nurse is
Mrs. Pauline Boyer. .
G. A. Yarnell of Bickleton, Wash.,
returned to his home Saturday after
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Yar
nell of Lexington and Mr. and Mrs.
Charles O'Conner.
Mesdames Cleo Drake, E. R. Lun
dell and Hugh Smith were hostess
es for the social meeting of the
Topic club at the Masonic hall Sat
urday afternoon. Prizes were won by
Mrs. Victor Rietmann and Mrs.
Harry Yarnell. Invited guests were
Mrs. Harriet Brown, Mrs. Eugene
Inskeep, ,Mrs. Delia Nance, Miss
Dorothy Gumey, Mrs. Werner Riet
mann, Mrs. E. M. Baker and Mrs.
John Seversen. Guest prizes were
won by Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Nance.
The district meeting of the East
ern Star will be held in lone Oct. 17.
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Gordon
and little daughter made a business
and pleasure trip to Spokane this
week.
Mrs. Laxton McMurray returned
home Tuesday from Portland where
she had a short visit with her son,
Major Nolan Paige of Washington,
D. C, who was in Portland on offi
cial business.
REMEMBERED AT PARTY
A pleasant social hour was spent
at the Methodist church Tuesday
evening on the occasion of the
monthly birthday party given in
hoor of the church and Sunday
school members whose birthdays
occurred in September. Honorees
were Mrs. M. .R. Fell and Charles
Daniels. Seated at the birthday
table besides the honorees were
Mrs. James Gentry, grndmother of
"Chueky" Daniels, Mrs. S. P. De
vin, Mrs. Eph Eskelson, Miss Bon
nie Bartlett, Mrs. Ed Hunt, Mrs.
Ale Green, F. L. Cor win and L W.
Briggs.
Musical numbers were given by
Gweneth Glasow and Mrs. Thomas
Wilson. Some'te was spent play
ing games under the diretion of
Ruth Green and Harriet Hager.
SERVICES OFFERED
I wish to state that, should any
of our Heppner fire insurance
.agents be called into military or na
val service. I will be glad to take
care of their expirations for them
until their rurn, without ad
vantage or remuneration for myself,
except actual expenses incurred.
Leon W. Briggs '
Continued from First Page
ing it possible to keep a steady
flow of these items to the places
needed.
Wa?te Y?.U Needr.d
Watte lair, are badly needed for
the glycerine they contain in mak
ing explosives and all house wives
are asked to save their waste fats,
strain them in to a coffee can or
other large mouthed tin containers.
When a pound or more has ac
cumulated take it to a meat dealer
who will pay for it Waste fat
should not be over heated and
should be kept in a cool place as
much of the glycerine is destroyed
when the fat is burned or allowed
to become rancid. Fats should be
taken . to meat dealers the first
part of the week and not on week
ends. There is no glycerine in min
eral oils and none should be brought
in.
There is a job to be done by
every man, woman andchild in the
county during this scrap rally,
states County Agent Conrad, who
is county salvage chairman. He
adds that if our . boys at the front
are to be supplied with all mater
ials they need for fighting and if
farmers are to be assured of repair
parts for their machinery every in
dividual ' must take the scrap har
vest to heart and not let up until
every pound of scrap metal, rub
ber, and fat is put into channels
where it will contribute to the war
effort.
Scrcp iron goals of 200 pounds .
per person have been set for every
county but the goal in Morrow
county regardless of the number of
people or the amount of scrap has
been changed to "every pound",
says Conrad.
."We did it with aluminum and
rubber, let's do it with iron, oilier
mi tils, fat, rags and anything that
is needed," he concluded.
From where I sit .
Joe Marsh
BIBLE CLUB TO MEET
The "Know. Your Biblt" club will
hold its regular meeting at the
home of Opal Briggs Friday, Oct.
2. All girls rom the fourth grade to
the eighth grades have been invited.
I MISSED getting my hair cut this
morning on account of the scrap
collection.
When I climbed into the barber
chair, Ray says to me:
"Sorry, Joe. Ain't got time for
you today. We're closing up this
morning at ten."
And then I remembered. This
was the day the town had agreed
to drop everything and I mean
everytldng and collect scrap for
Uncle Sam.
Yes sir, the drugstore, the cor
ner garage, Sam Abernethy's gen
eral store every place in town
except the post office closed up
tight today from 10 to 5.
And you ought to see the result
piled up in front of the fire house.
One hundred and fifty tons of
metal that had been lying around
in attics, cellars and back yards
of our town since Charlie Jenkins'
great-grandfather joined up with
the Texas Rangers.
That's almost 200 lbs. of metal
for every man, woman and child in
our town. Just shows you when
American citizens go out to' do a
job for Uncle Sam they do it right.
Judge Cunningham and I were
talking about it this evening, sit
ting on the front porch and having
a sociable beer together.
We agreed that the way this
town went all out to collect scrap
was a pretty good illustration of
how Democracy works. No need to
crack a whip ... no need to pass a
law , . . just self-determined folks
working hand in hand to get a job
done for their own people.
Because from where I sit, that's
what we're fighting for the right
to work together of our own ac
cord. To do the iob because we
want to, not because- somebody
tells us to. And when the job's
done, to relax as we see fit.
And the Judge agreed. He point
ed out that one of the things that
helps folks get together is just
what we were doin' now.
It's great, after a good day's
work, to be able to have a chat and
a glass of beer if you want to.
No. 48 of a Series
Copyright, 1942, Brewing Industry Foundation
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